Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!
Below are two albums of pictures that I created:
1. Our grand daughter Adrianna.
2. Tears of Mary!

MARY, OUR MOTHER

Monday, August 12, 2013

Mary TV: Day 31 Consecration

All For Jesus!!!

(c)Mary TV 2013

J.M.J.

August 12, 2013

St. Jane Frances de Chantal

Consecration Day 31

Dear Family of Mary!

St. Louis de Montfort
teaches that the Incarnation of Jesus is very helpful and important for
us in our consecration. It is through our meditation on the Incarnation
that we will arrive at a deeper understanding of Our Lady's role in
salvation history. She is the one God chose to cooperate in His plan for
Jesus to become Man. She is the one whose "yes" provided the way for
Jesus to become one of us. And so, it is through Mary that we will also
draw close to God. It is her Motherhood that will provide the way for us
to draw close to Jesus.

We read in the Imitation
that we are not worthy to bridge the gap between us and God. Though we
need Him so much, we are not worthy to approach Him...

Imitation of Christ: Book 4, Chapter 2 That the Great Goodness and Love of God Is Exhibited to Man in This Sacrament

In
confidence of Thy goodness and great mercy, O Lord, I draw near, sick to
the Healer, hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of life, needy to the
King of Heaven, a servant to his Lord, a creature to the Creator,
desolate to my own tender Comforter. "But whence is this to me," that
You come unto me (Luke 1:43)? What am I, that You should grant me Your own self? How dare a sinner appear before You?

And how is
it You come unto a sinner? You know Your servant, and are well aware
that he has in him no good thing, for which You should grant him this. I
confess therefore my own vileness, I acknowledge Your goodness, I
praise Your tender mercy, and give You thanks for Your transcendent
love.

But St. Louis shows us the way God has provided for us to draw near to God:

True Devotion: Nos. 243-254 (excerpts)

Loving
slaves of Jesus in Mary should hold in high esteem devotion to Jesus,
the Word of God, in the great mystery of the Incarnation, March 25th, which is the mystery proper to this devotion, because it was inspired by the Holy Spirit for the following reasons:

(a)
That we might honor and imitate the wondrous dependence which God the
Son chose to have on Mary, for the glory of his Father and for the
redemption of man. This dependence is revealed especially in this
mystery where Jesus becomes a captive and slave in the womb of his
Blessed Mother, depending on her for everything.

(b)
That we might thank God for the incomparable graces he has conferred
upon Mary and especially that of choosing her to be his most worthy
Mother. This choice was made in the mystery of the Incarnation. These
are the two principal ends of the slavery of Jesus in Mary.

Since we
live in an age of pride when a great number of haughty scholars, with
proud and critical minds, find fault even with long-established and
sound devotions, it is better to speak of "slavery of Jesus in Mary" and
to call oneself "slave of Jesus" rather than "slave of Mary". We then
avoid giving any pretext for criticism. In this way, we name this
devotion after its ultimate end which is Jesus, rather than after the
way and the means to arrive there, which is Mary. However, we can very
well use either term without any scruple...

Since the
principal mystery celebrated and honored in this devotion is the mystery
of the Incarnation where we find Jesus only in Mary, having become
incarnate in her womb, it is appropriate for us to say, "slavery of
Jesus in Mary", of Jesus dwelling enthroned in Mary, according to the
beautiful, prayer, recited by so many great souls, "O Jesus living in
Mary".

Those who
accept this devotion should have a great love for the Hail Mary, or, as
it is called, the Angelic Salutation....Few Christians, however
enlightened, understand the value, merit, excellence and necessity of
the Hail Mary. Our Blessed Lady herself had to appear on several
occasions to men of great holiness and insight... to convince them of
the richness of this prayer.

Our Lady has often
come with Baby Jesus to the visionaries. She calls us to ponder on
"Little Jesus", because in Him we encounter the Incarnation in all its
mystery. She calls us to accept Him in our hearts. He is the one who
will bring us peace.

December
25, 2000 "Dear children! Today when God granted to me that I can be
with you, with little Jesus in my arms, I rejoice with you and I give
thanks to God for everything He has done in this Jubilee year. I thank
God especially for all the vocations of those who said 'yes' to God
completely. I bless you all with my blessing and the blessing of the
newborn Jesus. I pray for all of you for joy to be born in your hearts
so that in joy you too carry the joy I have today. In this Child I bring
to you the Savior of your hearts and the One who calls you to the
holiness of life. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December
25, 2001 "Dear children! I call you today and encourage you to prayer
for peace. Especially today I call you, carrying the newborn Jesus in my
arms for you, to unite with Him through prayer and to become a sign to
this peaceless world. Encourage each other, little children, to prayer
and love. May your faith be an encouragement to others to believe and to
love more. I bless you all and call you to be closer to my heart and to
the heart of little Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."

December
25, 2006 "Dear children! Also today I bring you the newborn Jesus in my
arms. He who is the King of Heaven and earth, He is your peace. Little
children, no one can give you peace as He who is the King of Peace.
Therefore, adore Him in your hearts, choose Him and you will have joy in
Him. He will bless you with His blessing of peace. Thank you for having
responded to my call."

December 25, 2000 - To Jakov Colo. The apparition began at 3:20 pm and lasted ten minutes. Our Lady came joyful with baby Jesus in her arms. She blessed everyone and gave a message:

"Dear
children! Today when Jesus is born and by His birth brings immeasurable
joy, love and peace, I call you, in a special way to say your 'yes' to
Jesus. Open your hearts so that Jesus enters into them, comes to dwell
in them and starts to work through you. Only in this way will you be
able to comprehend the true beauty of God's love, joy and peace. Dear
children, rejoice in the birth of Jesus and pray for all those hearts
that have not opened to Jesus so that Jesus may enter into each of their
hearts and may start working through them, so that every person would
be an example of a true person through whom God works."

Let us Pray:

Litany of the Holy Spirit

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.

Father all-powerful, have mercy on us.

Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us.

Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us.

Holy Trinity, hear us.

Holy Spirit, Who proceeds from the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.

Holy Spirit, Who art equal to the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.

Promise of God the Father, have mercy on us.

Ray of heavenly light, have mercy on us.

Author of all good, [etc.]

Source of heavenly water Consuming fire

Ardent charity

Spiritual unction

Spirit of love and truth

Spirit of wisdom and understanding

Spirit of counsel and fortitude

Spirit of knowledge and piety

Spirit of the fear of the Lord

Spirit of grace and prayer

Spirit of peace and meekness

Spirit of modesty and innocence

Holy Spirit, the Comforter

Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier

Holy Spirit, Who governs the Church

Gift of God, the Most High

Spirit Who fills the universe

Spirit of the adoption of the children of God

Holy Spirit, inspire us with horror of sin.

Holy Spirit, come and renew the face of the earth.

Holy Spirit, shed Thy light in our souls.

Holy Spirit, engrave Thy law in our hearts.

Holy Spirit, inflame us with the flame of Thy love.

Holy Spirit, open to us the treasures of Thy graces.

Holy Spirit, teach us to pray well.

Holy Spirit, enlighten us with Thy heavenly inspirations.

Holy Spirit, lead us in the way of salvation.

Holy Spirit, grant us the only necessary knowledge.

Holy Spirit, inspire in us the practice of good.

Holy Spirit, grant us the merits of all virtues.

Holy Spirit, make us persevere in justice.

Holy Spirit, be Thou our everlasting reward.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

Send us Thy Holy Spirit.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

pour down into our souls the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

grant us the Spirit of wisdom and piety.

V. Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of Thy faithful,

R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.

Let
us pray. Grant, O merciful Father, that Thy Divine Spirit may
enlighten, inflame and purify us, that He may penetrate us with
His heavenly dew and make us fruitful in good works, through Our
Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee, in the unity of the
same Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, forever and ever.

Through Your institution of the most Holy Eucharist, Jesus, deliver us.

Through Your joys, Jesus, deliver us.

Through Your glory, Jesus, deliver us.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Jesus.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Jesus.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

Jesus, hear us,

Jesus, graciously hear us.

Let
Us Pray. O Lord Jesus Christ, Who has said: Ask and you shall receive,
seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you; grant,
we beseech You, to us who ask the gift of Your divine love, that we may
ever love You with all our hearts, and in all our words and actions, and
never cease from praising You.

Give
us, O Lord, a perpetual fear and love of Your holy Name; for You never
fail to govern those whom You solidly establish in Your love, Who lives
and reigns world without end.

R. Amen.

St. Louis De Montfort's Prayer to Jesus

O
most loving Jesus, deign to let me pour forth my gratitude before You,
for the grace You have bestowed upon me in giving me to your holy Mother
through the devotion of Holy Bondage, that she may be my advocate in
the presence of Your majesty and my support in my extreme misery. Alas, O
Lord! I am so wretched that without this dear Mother I should be
certainly lost. Yes, Mary is necessary for me at Your side and
everywhere: that she may appease Your just wrath, because I have so
often offended You; that she may save me from the eternal punishment of
Your justice, which I deserve; that she may contemplate You, speak to
You, pray to You, approach You and please You; that she may help me to
save my soul and the souls of others; in short, Mary is necessary for me
that I may always do Your holy will and seek Your greater glory in all
things. Ah, would that I could proclaim throughout the whole world the
mercy that You have shown to me! Would that everyone might know I should
be already damned, were it not for Mary! Would that I might offer
worthy thanksgiving for so great a blessing! Mary is in me. Oh, what a
treasure! Oh, what a consolation! And shall I not be entirely hers'? Oh,
what ingratitude! My dear Savior, send me death rather than such a
calamity, for I would rather die than live without belonging entirely to
Mary.

With
St. John the Evangelist at the foot of the Cross, I have taken her a
thousand times for my own and as many times have given myself to her;
but if I have not yet done it as You, dear Jesus, wish, I now renew this
offering as You desire me to renew it. And if You see in my soul or my
body anything that does not belong to this august princess, I pray You
to take it and cast it far from me, for whatever in me does not belong
to Mary is unworthy of You.

O
Holy Spirit, grant me all these graces. Plant in my soul the Tree of
true Life, which is Mary; cultivate it and tend it so that it may grow
and blossom and bring forth the fruit of life in abundance. O Holy
Spirit, give me great devotion to Mary, Your faithful spouse; give me
great confidence in her maternal heart and an abiding refuge in her
mercy, so that by her You may truly form in me Jesus Christ, great and
mighty, unto the fullness of His perfect age. Amen.

O Jesus Living in Mary

O Jesus living in Mary,

Come and live in Your servants, In the spirit of Your holiness, In the fullness of Your might,
In the truth of Your virtues, In the perfection of Your ways, In the communion of Your mysteries; Subdue every hostile power In Your spirit, for the glory of the Father. Amen.

In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cathy Nolan

Mary TV

PPS. We will be praying these prayers together during the Daily Rosary on our web page : www.marytv.tv You can join us live at 10:00 am EDT,
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MARY, OUR MOTHER

Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!Below is a slide show of pictures that I have collected: Tears of Mary!

Have a look!

Jeremiah 14:17; 15:18

"Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the Virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with an exceedingly grievous evil. / Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed?"

Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna

Where Peter is, there is the Church, where the Church is there is Eternal Life

About Me

I'm 80, formally married to Marianne for 52 years, [Marianne passed away to the Lord on August 9th, 2013 after suffering a stroke and two cardiac arrests.] We have 4 children (plus 2 in heaven-stillborn) and nine grandchildren plus 1 Step-grandchild. I'm a Korean War Vet, U.S. Navy; I was a Motorcycle News Courier for U.P.I., and WNEW Chanel 5 TV News, during 60's & 70's; a Lieutenant in the Wycoff Hospital Police in the 90's. I was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Brooklyn Diocese on April 25, 1987 and served in four parishes before relocating to Florida in 2002. I'm still incardinated for Brooklyn Diocese. There was no parish in my town so we traveled to either Mt. Dora or Eustis for Mass. My oldest son and daughter, John and Anne, lived near us but the rest of the gang are up North in New York and Pennsylvania. We have now relocated to a northern state and my ministry is mostly on the Internet with some blogs and groups. I also assist the pastor at the local Catholic church. I owe my life and conversion/calling to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal, who has brought me to her Son Jesus. I am Their servant and slave! I only want to do the Will of God and glorify the Most Blessed Trinity with my life!

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;let me never be put to shame!In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.For you, O Lord, are my hope,my trust, O Lord, from my youth.Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;you are he who took me from my mother's womb.My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,but you are my strong refuge.My mouth is filled with your praise,and with your glory all the day.Do not cast me off in the time of old age;forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;those who watch for my life consult togetherand say, “God has forsaken him;pursue and seize him,for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;O my God, make haste to help me!May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;with scorn and disgrace may they be coveredwho seek my hurt.

But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,of your deeds of salvation all the day,for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come.Your righteousness, O God,reaches the high heavens.You who have done great things,O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamitieswill revive me again;from the depths of the earthyou will bring me up again.You will increase my greatnessand comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harpfor your faithfulness, O my God;I will sing praises to you with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy,when I sing praises to you;my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointedwho sought to do me hurt.

Welcome to my Marian Blog

As you can tell from my postings, I'm in love with Mother Mary, who has taken me under her mantle of protection, has taught and led me to Her Divine Son, Jesus; Who in turn has led me, in the Holy Spirit, to the Eternal Father! Two prayers that I say often tell who I am:Come O Holy Spirit; Come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse.

O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.